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Patented Nov. 4, 1884.

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F. C. BRIGHTMAN.

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FRANK C. BRIGHTMAN, OF NEV BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

CRUTCH. I

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 307,627, dated November 4, 1884.

Application filed July 17, 1884. (Model.)

To @ZZ whom may concert/1,:

Be it known that I, FRANK C. BRIGHTMAN, a citi-zen ofthe United States, residing at New Bedford, Massachusetts, `have invented new and useful Improvements in Clutch-Ends, of which the following is a specification.

The purpose of my invention is to providel a solid crutch-end, which may be readily detached from and applied to the crutch, may be manufactured from any kind of metal, and which shall be cheap and strong and of simple construction.

My invention consists of a thimble screwed into the i'errule of the crutch, said thimble being provided with a perforated septum ucar its upper end, through which a screw passes down into the end of a truncated rubber cone, which is, by means of said screw, drawn closely up into the thimble, the larger end projecting sufficiently to form the foot of the crutch.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a' central vertical section taken through the lower end ofthe crutch. Fig. 2 is a detail sec tion of the detachable thimble.

In the said drawings, the reference-numeral lindicates the ferrule, which is usually applied tothe lower end ofthe crutch, and which in the present case is provided with afer-rulethread at its lower end. Into this ierrule is screwed a thimble, 2, having a shoulder, 3, which abuts against the cud ofthe ferrule and gives a substantially iiush exterior surface. From the point where this shoulder occurs the thilnble is iiared gradually, as shown in the drawings, so that the open end is somewhat greater in diameter than the other. Vithin the thimble, and a little below the plane ofthe shoulder 3, is formed a septum, 4, having a central aperture, 5, which receives a screw, 6, the point and bot y of which pass down into the thimble 2 and enter the smaller end of a body of rubber, 7, having the shape of a truncated cone. rlhis rubber is of such size and length that it will closely tit the thimble and leave the larger end projecting from it for a suitable distance to form the crutch end or foot. By the action of the screw 6 the rubber is closely drawn up into the thimble and firmly held in place, while at the same time it may be readily and quicklyremoved and a new piece substituted when the old is worn out.

The entire construction is cheap, strong, and simple.- The thimble maybe made from any kind of metal.

Vhat I claim is- A crutch end consisting of a detachable thimble containing a body of rubber, and having a screw which passes through a septum within the upper part of said thimble and enters the rubber, substantially as and for the purposes set forth,

In testimony whereof I my si gnature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK C. BRIGHTMAN. Witnesses:

WILLIAM M. BUTLER, XVILLIAM B. SMITH. 

